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The power of a court to refuse to enforce a law or a government regulation that in the opinion of the judges conflicts with the U.S. Constitution, or in a state court, the state constitution. Here is the entire court opinion in the case of Marbury v Madison which established the principal of judicial review in the U.S.

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Without judicial review the U.S. Congress and President would be greatly empowered and the Supreme Court would be vastly diminished.